[July 1, 1919]

I am for Podbelsky.

His candidate? No surname. Apparently, he himself. We are proposing him for Kursk, although the Western Front is already moving him to the Perm district.

And are there military specialists as commandants everywhere?

In Kazan — Avrov, a military specialist, a communist.
In Voronezh — Eremeyev.

So take the Kazan Avrov.

1 The correspondence between V. I. Lenin and Deputy Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic E. M. Sklyansky was conducted at a session of the Council of People's Commissars on July 1, 1919, in connection with a telegram from Tambov from V. N. Podbelsky, the authorized representative of the Central Committee of the RCP(b) and the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, concerning the candidacy put forward by the command of the Southern Front for the post of commandant of the Tambov fortified district.

E. M. Sklyansky — party member since 1913. After the October Revolution — member of the collegium of the Military Commissariat. From September 1918 to 1924 — Deputy People's Commissar for Military Affairs and Deputy Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic.

V. N. Podbelsky — party member since 1905. In October 1917 — commissar of posts and telegraphs of Moscow and the Moscow region. From May 1918 — People's Commissar of Posts and Telegraphs of the RSFSR.

2 D. N. Avrov — active participant in the Civil War. After the October Revolution, as a military specialist, was recruited for the creation of the Red Army; commanded the 1st Kazan Division. In 1919 — commandant of a number of fortified districts (Kursk, Kazan). From August 1919 — commandant of the Petrograd fortified district, chief of the internal defense of Petrograd.

# DECREE OF THE COUNCIL OF PEOPLE'S COMMISSARS
July 18/31, 1919

To the Department of the State Treasury

Decree

The Council of People's Commissars at its session of July 17 of this year, 1919, decreed:

To allocate to the Supreme Council of the National Economy, for the fire insurance department, from the funds of the State Treasury by extraordinary credit

18,521,000 (eighteen million five hundred twenty-one thousand) rubles for the maintenance of the fire insurance department of the central and local organs.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars

V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

Published from the typewritten text signed by V. I. Lenin

1 At the session of the Council of People's Commissars under the chairmanship of V. I. Lenin on July 17, 1919, item 8 of the protocol no. 284 of the session of the Small Council of People's Commissars of July 12, 1919, concerning the fire insurance department, was approved.

# DIRECTIVE TO THE AUTO SECTION OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMY
July 19, 1919

To the Auto Section of the Supreme Council of the National Economy (Transport Department)

In order to achieve the greatest success in the very important military-political tasks entrusted to the representatives of the Kalmyk people, the Auto Section of the Supreme Council of the National Economy is requested to allocate to them an automobile 60 x 90 horsepower of the "Fiat" firm with all necessary parts and accessories.1

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars

Ulyanov (Lenin)*

Published from a typewritten copy

1 The following resolution appears on the directive: "To Comrade Markov. I request that you enable this automobile to be transported to Astrakhan in the most urgent manner. Sklyansky. July 25."

* The directive was also signed by L. A. Fotieva.

# DECREE OF THE COUNCIL OF PEOPLE'S COMMISSARS
October 18/31, 1919

To the Budget Department of the People's Bank

Decree

The Council of People's Commissars at its session of October 17, 1919, decreed:

1) To allocate from state funds by a special final paragraph to the budget of the central chancellery of the People's Commissariat of Finance for the second half of 1919 two hundred fifty million rubles (250,000,000) as a subsidy to the Moscow City Executive Committee for the conduct of local affairs.

2) The expenditure of this credit according to its direct purpose shall be carried out under the supervision of the corresponding organs of the People's Commissariat of State Control.

3) To confirm to the Moscow City Executive Committee that petitions concerning the allocation of funds to meet general state needs must be directed by it in the general procedure established by budget regulations through the corresponding people's commissariats.

4) To propose to the Moscow City Executive Committee to liquidate within a two-week period the department of precious metals attached to the Moscow City Financial Department, and all precious metals and articles made from them received by the department are to be transferred to the Moscow office of the People's Bank.

5) To direct the attention of the Moscow City Executive Committee to the necessity of organizing its departments, and in particular the financial department, in conformity with the decrees issued by the Council of People's Commissars, and in particular the decree of October 31, 1918, on the organization of financial departments.2

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars

V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

Published from the typewritten text signed by V. I. Lenin

1 This refers to the session of the Small Council of People's Commissars of October 17, 1919.

2 This refers to the decree of the Council of People's Commissars on the approval of the regulations and the regulations on the organization of financial departments of provincial and district executive committees of the Soviets of November 1, 1918 (see "Decrees of Soviet Power," vol. III, Moscow, 1964, pp. 497—503).

# TELEGRAM TO SARATOV
TO THE COMMAND OF THE VOLGA-CASPIAN FLOTILLA
AND THE XI ARMY OF THE SOUTH-EASTERN FRONT

[October 30, 1919]

By direct wire

To Raskolnikov
To Kirov

I am extremely surprised that until now you have not sent a reply to such an important question posed to you in Sklyansky's telegram of October 20 concerning the Caucasus.* We await your immediate reply.

Lenin

Published from the text written in the hand of E. M. Sklyansky

1 In his telegram to the commander of the Volga-Caspian Flotilla F. F. Raskolnikov and member of the Revolutionary Military Council of the XI Army of the South-Eastern Front S. M. Kirov, E. M. Sklyansky requested that they report on the measures taken to render assistance to those who had risen up in the Caucasus, apparently having in mind the insurgent movement in the North Caucasus against the Denikin forces, which had seized Dagestan, Chechnya, Ossetia, and other national regions of the North Caucasus in the spring of 1919.

F. F. Raskolnikov — member of the party since 1910. After the October Revolution — Deputy People's Commissar for Naval Affairs, member of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic, member of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Eastern Front, commander of the Volga-Caspian Flotilla and the Baltic Fleet.

S. M. Kirov (Kostrikoff) — party member since 1904. In 1919 — chairman of the temporary Military Revolutionary Committee of the Astrakhan region. At the head of the XI Army participated in the defeat of Denikin. From 1921 — secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolshevik) of Azerbaijan, candidate member of the Central Committee of the RCP(b), and from 1923 — member of the Central Committee. Was a candidate, and then a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks).

# TELEGRAM TO THE REVOLUTIONARY MILITARY COUNCIL OF THE XII ARMY OF THE SOUTHERN FRONT1

RVC 12th Army, copy to Gomel, provincial supply depot2

Needed for the army: underwear, uniforms, footwear. You are authorized to take reciprocally from the provincial supply depot by agreement with it in Gomel. The provincial supply depot is requested to render every possible assistance to the RVC of the 12th Army in obtaining the necessary supplies for...